Welfare to Work: Standards

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's most recent monthly summary report on the performance of all welfare-to-work providers against agreed targets.

Jim Knight: A copy of the most recent report, which includes the cumulative performance of contracted provision up to the end of December 2009, has been placed in the Library, alongside the Department's Provider Performance Strategy and average monthly jobs graph.
	DWP is looking at making contracted performance information available on a regular basis via the DWP Website.
	The publishable version of the report has commercially sensitive and un-audited finance portions removed.